Greg Rusedski
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So he's getting three, four days a week, and now he works in business and does other areas with his life.
So, I mean, that in itself, for any parent, I'm lucky that I'm never going to have to be in that situation to have to make that choice.
And the reason the choice was made is I wasn't as good in practice.
My brother was incredible as a practice player, but it came down to competing, and when something was on the line during matches, I could raise my game.
So if I'm working as a coach with a young player โ
I don't necessarily look at how they do in practice.
I look how they perform in matches.
When you throw up the balls, it's that insatiable drive.
You have to desperately win.
Is that there?
The other stuff you can teach them.
But that other aspect of just wanting to push through is the hardest thing.
And that's one of the most important things when you look at a player.
If they don't have that, no matter how talented they are,
It's very unlikely they will make it to the top of the sport.
Yeah.
Well, if I put some background into that, it was kind of the Henman Rosetsky rivalry that started to grow from 95, 96, 97, 95.
I showed up as 95.
The British number one.
Some players didn't mind it.